PEGGY A. LEEN, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff, KENDRICK CRAWFORD, by and through his counsel MARY F. CHAPMAN, and Defendants NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, a Department of the State of Nevada, WILSON MARSHALL and SONNIE BRAIH, individuals employed by the NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (NDOT), by and through legal counsel, ADAM PAUL LAXALT, Attorney General, CAMERON P. VANDENBERG, Senior Deputy Attorney General, and DOMINIKA J. BATTEN, Deputy Attorney General, and pursuant to Local Rules IA 6-1 and IA 6-2, hereby stipulate and agree to extend by 30 days the time for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff's complaint. Therefore, the last day for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's complaint is April 10, 2017.
The current deadline for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff's complaint is March 10, 2017.
Counsel for Defendants seeks additional time because of pre-existing litigation/ administrative obligations. Counsel's office is currently understaffed by three attorneys and additionally, Deputy Attorney General Batten was on substantial family medical leave until recently, and is out of the office on additional family medical leave from March 10 until March 14.
This is the first extension of time requested by Defendants to file their Answer.
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